Finding
Reputable Sources I - Quick tips to using the Library Databases

Just
received your first research paper and don’t know where to start? Need more
information and don’t know where to find it? Come and find out how to use
library resources and database to find the information you need to finish your
research paper on time.

Friday, September 9, 2016

This year’s Academic Integrity
Week features drop-in sessions, presentations, and discussions on various
topics from citation management tools, online tools for academic honesty,
publishing, creative common licenses, and plagiarism. All sessions are open to
students, staff, and faculty. Academic Integrity Week 2016 is sponsored by the UNL
Libraries. Sessions are also listed on the website: http://ethics.unl.edu/academic-integrity-week

Need help managing your research?
Start the semester off right and explore some tools that will help you organize
your articles, and format the in-text citations and bibliography for your
papers. Bring your laptop and drop-in
anytime during the two-hour session. Our
experts will provide an overview of the tools and also help you
set-up your account in the tool that you prefer to use-
RefWorks, Zotero, Mendeley or Endnote.

Avoiding
Accidental Plagiarism—Online tools for Students

Drop-in sessions

Location: Adele
Hall Learning Commons

Tuesday,
September 20, 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Thursday, September 22, 11:00
a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Concerned about
citing sources and avoiding accidental plagiarism? Drop-in and talk to a
librarian about using SafeAssign and Turnitin to check your papers.
Consultation area across from the ASKus desk, in the Adele Hall Learning
Commons.

Safe Assign, Turnitin,
Vericite: Online Tools for Academic
Honesty

Location: Nebraska Union, Regency
A

Wednesday, September 21, 11:30
a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Lunch & Learn

Maintaining academic integrity is
a vital skill that students of all levels should understand and the UNL
Libraries are here to help both students and faculty in the pursuit of
maintaining academic honesty. Associate Professor Signe Boudreau and Research
Specialist Anna Wigtil will provide an introduction to SafeAssign, Turnitin and
Vericite, three online tools that help students learn the importance of
original writing, how to prevent plagiarism and how to properly cite sources.

Publishing: What Authors Ought to
Know

Location: 224 Love Library (Witt Room)

Wednesday, September 21, 1:00-2:00
p.m. (Witt Rm.)

Months or years of research, long
nights of writing and revising, weeks of waiting for a decision – you just want
to sign whatever and get it over with! But down the road, what will that mean?
Have you just signed away all your rights for the rest of your life, or are
there alternatives? Come, listen, and discuss. The panelists are: Paul Royster,
Sue Gardner, Linnea Fredrickson

Using Creative Commons: Licenses to
Share Knowledge

Location: 221 Love Library South
(Peterson Room)

Thursday, September 22, 1:00 – 2:00 p.m.

Creative Commons-licensed
resources, including Open Educational Resources (OERs), are increasing in
popularity among faculty and students. Please join Paul Royster, the UNL
Libraries’ coordinator of scholarly communications and Andrew Cano, the virtual
learning librarian to learn more about the different types of Creative Commons
licenses and how to correctly incorporate them in your work. Teaching faculty
and graduate students are particularly encouraged to attend.

Thursday, September 22, 4:00 –
5:00 p.m.Make Your Home Among Strangers is the story of Lizet, the daughter of
Cuban immigrants in Miami and a first-generation college student. Author and
UNL Professor of English and Ethnic Studies Jennine Capó Crucet will read
selections from her debut novel that focus on Lizet's challenges in navigating
her first year of college, including her experiences as a student charged with
plagiarism--when she's not even entirely sure what that means. Following the
reading, Crucet will participate in a conversation about the novel and
expanding the types of conversations we have on campus around plagiarism and
academic integrity.